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Are we seeing an unexpected response of the OBL tape? (Vanity)
MMKennedy | 11/1/04 | MMKennedy

Posted on 11/01/2004 8:55:04 AM PST by MMkennedy

I am not certain what is happening or what happened over the weekend, but morale has dipped far further than I have seen it throughout the entirity of this campaign.

I don't know why most of the weekend polls including Gallup show a Kerry push. But there is one very ugly possibility. I was certain that the OBL tape would give president Bush a huge push going into Tuesday because I assumed that the American people are made of sterner stuff than the Spanish. But, perhaps this is untrue? Perhaps 30-40 years of therapeutic counseling rather than moral instruction has turned this nation into a large group of sniveling appeasers? I hope not. I think not. But maybe. Maybe the OBL tape has hurt the president because the American people no longer possess the moral fortitude to face down evil?


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To: MMkennedy
There are lots of reasons...
  1. Republicans don't do well in weekend polling
  2. We are doing stuff on the weekends that we can't do during the week...when Republicans are working
  3. Most of the places they polled had campaign events (see the event I attended on Sunday in Gainesville, Florida)
  4. I took my kids trick-or-treating
Lots of stuff to do this weekend. I'm in Florida, but no reason to think that the other battleground states are any different.
21 posted on 11/01/2004 9:02:35 AM PST by mattdono ("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
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To: MMkennedy

No, I don't think you are really correct. OBL did not announce any direct threat on the tape. I think that, if the tape caused any marginal movement to Kerry, it was because the tape's very existence shows that OBL is still alive and kickin', and that visual is a negative for W.


23 posted on 11/01/2004 9:04:30 AM PST by Remole
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To: MMkennedy


"I assumed that the American people are made of sterner stuff than the Spanish".....

Don't count on it. Witness the heathen lemmings feasting on media droppings! (Oh dear, did I really say that?)


24 posted on 11/01/2004 9:05:16 AM PST by Paperdoll ((on the cutting edge .....Don't forget to fast and pray today!)
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To: Darkwolf377
You're right. LOL -- just nerves, I guess. I'll probably be a basket case tomorrow, but that's the way it goes...

Today, however, I will fearlessly predict that somebody will be declared "the winner" tomorrow night. I really hope it's Bush. But all of these entrail readings don't mean a damned thing. There's no point in getting worked up.

25 posted on 11/01/2004 9:05:46 AM PST by r9etb
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To: All

Just trying to understand what's going on with the polls. No panic at all. If you wish to panic, be my guest. I'm just suggesting a theory.


26 posted on 11/01/2004 9:06:00 AM PST by MMkennedy
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To: MMkennedy

Then you all are ridiculous. You're doing exactly what the Democrats want you to do.


27 posted on 11/01/2004 9:06:22 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: MMkennedy

At the very least the OBL video stopped the ammo story dead.


28 posted on 11/01/2004 9:06:24 AM PST by Semper Paratus (Michael)
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To: MMkennedy

Yes.

Media Played it: OBL threatning BOTH sides

(concealing his pro-Kerry statements)

Kerry Played it: OBL free because the job to hunt him down was outsourced

Bush Played it: Didn't play it - doesn't know how to play it

In additions, Congratulations to COMMIE Bastards at NYT - They played the 'Missing Munitions' beautifully - and all people know about that story is that 'dangerous stuff is missing'.There is way TOO MUCH confusion about the remaining details...

Look at the bright side:

We don't have to Salute Madam President Hitlary Klinton.


29 posted on 11/01/2004 9:06:50 AM PST by The_Republican
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To: MMkennedy

The OBL tape has had no effect (as it should be). Those who were for Bush are still for him, and those who are against Bush are still against them. (There are few who are really for Kerry.)

Some of the polling data show Bush down simply because they were taken over the weekend, but at this point all polls are bunk. Most have been within or just barely on the margins of error which means that essentially the candidates are tied. But there is more positive enthusiasm for Bush than for Kerry. We simply need to get out and vote our convictions and lead the President to victory!


30 posted on 11/01/2004 9:07:05 AM PST by HoustonTech (Vote for Strength. Vote a straight Republican ticket.)
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To: MMkennedy; Dog Gone
Then you are blind. It's all over the net this morning

And you're doing your part to spread it and fan the flames.

31 posted on 11/01/2004 9:07:05 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: MMkennedy

Horse Hocky!


32 posted on 11/01/2004 9:07:08 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (The threats made by the terrorists are not half as scary as the promises made by Kerry and kompany.)
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To: Howlin

see # 26


33 posted on 11/01/2004 9:07:45 AM PST by MMkennedy
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To: MMkennedy

I see it; and you're doing no good here. Go clean your house.


34 posted on 11/01/2004 9:09:15 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: MMkennedy

Well I don't live in a dhimmi state, I live in a red state. No one in Georgia is going to vote for Kerry because of UBL. Bring it, o lion of the moon god!


35 posted on 11/01/2004 9:09:48 AM PST by Sender (I love watching the final spastic throes of the Kerry faithful...as they ravage one another...)
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To: MMkennedy

Bonfire of the Vanities...now!


36 posted on 11/01/2004 9:10:39 AM PST by USMA83
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To: MMkennedy
I've been wondering that myself. Has this nation become a nation of cowards? Are we going to be another Spain?

If so the only consolation will be that the terrorists will strike large cities. Of course, I'm not particularly looking forward to picking out body parts of people who caused this by their cowardly choices.

You guys think it's going to be bio or chemical?

37 posted on 11/01/2004 9:11:26 AM PST by McGavin999 (We have planted the seeds of democracy and watered them with our blood, now let freedom reign)
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To: Howlin

Try thinking instead of reacting for a change.


38 posted on 11/01/2004 9:12:32 AM PST by MMkennedy
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To: All
I am sorry, I don't know much about polls, but I know that people do not swing so wildly as I have seen the polls reflect in the last few weeks. I believe people pretty much had their minds made up weeks ago. Fox had a large push for Bush just last week! To me, it is about keeping people on the edge of their seats. They skew the questions to reflect what they want the people to think. When the Media is involved you have theater. But, I put my trust in people. People in Ohio, Iowa and Florida are not swinging wildly back and forth like the MSM want us to believe. We have more sense than the media gives us credit for. I read these polls and I think of the scripture, "Be anxious for nothing, but with prayer and supplication make your requests known to God. And the peace of God which passes ALL UNDERSTANDING will guard your heart and mind."....just pray.
39 posted on 11/01/2004 9:13:44 AM PST by glory2
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To: MMkennedy

I'm depressed.

I thought FOR SURE that this guy was taking a "dirt nap".


40 posted on 11/01/2004 9:13:50 AM PST by Mr. Quarterpanel
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